Rhetorical Blind Alleys

Around the Capitol, House Minority Leader H. William DeWeese, D-Greene, has carved out a reputation for himself as, well, an enthusiastic user of the English language.Sometimes sounding in conversation like a character out of a Dickens novel, DeWeese this afternnon went down a rhetorical blind alley from which not even he could escape.The scene: The House and Senate Democrats' press conference on Act 72. DeWeese is extolling the virtues of a referendum for voters.Somehow, he makes the connection between local referenda and the recently rejected European Union Constitution. The full quotation follows below:

"They're doing it now in Europe with the European Union ... but that metaphor is impossible to extend, so forget I said it."